Budapest Pictures
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Fisherman's Bastion in Buda, a tourist favourite. The Danube River and Past are on the left.
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Budapest
is a city in two distinct halves - Buda and Pest - separated
by the Danube river.
Buda's Castle District, packed with palaces, forts, museums,
churches and affluent housing is a World Heritage site, while
Pest handles the dirty daily life of commerce, entertainment
and conspicuous consumption - though that's not to say it's
unattractive.
Pest is lively and cosmopolitan, offering all
the modern amenities required by the urban animal, from sushi
to late late clubbing and in a generally relaxed but historically
interesting setting.
Thermal baths in Hotel Gellert, Pest.
Budapest
is, however, unrepresentative of Hungary in general. Modernisation
is slowly seeping into the countryside but there are still plenty
of medieval towns around, along with the occasional medieval
or communist mindset.
The Vigado concert hall in Pest. Looks great, pity about the acoustics!
Photo by uzo19
Not far from Budapest are a couple of ancient towns popular
with tourists in Hungary - Szentendre, Visegrad and Holloko.
We include a few images of the latter two destinations in this
Budapest Pictures Gallery.
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